[webkit-dev] Some text about the B3 compiler

[Saam barati]

Yeah. That’d be the easiest way to keep it up IMO.

Saam

> On Jan 28, 2016, at 4:37 PM, Filip Pizło <fpizlo at apple.com> wrote:
> 
> +1
> 
> Do you think we should move the documentation to a file in svn so that it can be reviewed as part of patch review?
> 
> -Filip
> 
> On Jan 28, 2016, at 4:32 PM, Saam barati <sbarati at apple.com <mailto:sbarati at apple.com>> wrote:
> 
>> This is great. Thanks Fil.
>> 
>> I propose that we do all that we can to keep this updated.
>> I suggest that all patches that change to the IR should also include with it 
>> a change to the documentation, and that reviewers should require this.
>> 
>> It’d also be great if other significant changes that seem like the deserve
>> a mention in the documentation also get added as part of patches.
>> 
>> Saam
>> 
>>> On Jan 28, 2016, at 4:23 PM, Filip Pizlo <fpizlo at apple.com <mailto:fpizlo at apple.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> 
>>> We’ve been working on a new compiler backend for the FTL JIT, which we call B3.  It stands for “Bare Bones Backend”.  We recently enabled it on X86/Mac, and we’re working hard to enable it on other platforms.
>>> 
>>> If you’re interested in how it works, I’ve started writing documentation.  I’ll be adding more to it soon!
>>> https://trac.webkit.org/wiki/BareBonesBackend <https://trac.webkit.org/wiki/BareBonesBackend>
>>> https://trac.webkit.org/wiki/B3IntermediateRepresentation <https://trac.webkit.org/wiki/B3IntermediateRepresentation>
>>> 
>>> -Filip
>>> 
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